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The Thesis Whisperer
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The Thesis Whisperer is a personal blog at thesiswhisperer.com about career and writing. Since 2014, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Academic Assholes and the Circle of Niceness (2013)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its posts on academic life and thesis work. The only comment here is a bare link to a 2013 post on academic assholes and the circle of niceness, which drew 300+ comments.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Just like the horse whisperer - but with more pages
Most-linked posts?
- Academic Assholes and the Circle of Niceness (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-11-12
What Hacker News says?
Original with 300+ comments: http://thesiswhisperer.com/2013/02/13/academic-assholes/
Comment linking /2013/02/13/academic-assholes/
on “Academic Assholes and the Circle of Niceness (2013)”Submitted Academic Assholes and the Circle of Niceness (2013) as a story · 71 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Do you get further in academia if you're a jerk? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion